Kendall
04-10-2009, 09:27 AM
It has helped me so much over the years to see what you have had your children read and to hear how it went. We are following the WTM time period suggestions in Lit and History. This is our Year 3 (1600-1850) list. The first comments are from my 14 year old, 9th grader, the second from my 11th grader-in italics. Both are boys.
Don Quixote Children’s version
The Last of the Mohicans by Cooper
Some Donne poetry
Pilgrims Progress (Kind of hard to read, but good; good, pretty easy)
Paradise Lost (really hard to read. I’m sure it was deeply theological, though;really hard, do it first because it makes everything else seem easier, not sure I would recommend it but glad I read it)
Christianity for Modern Pagans (Pascal’s Pensees) (good, pretty easy to read, convicting;really good)
A Modest Proposal (funny) and Book 1 of Gulliver’s Travels(not spectacular, I probably didn’t get the satire)
Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (Somewhat hard to read, but good;this gets quoted a lot in other things I read, liked it) ( my 11 year old read this one and enjoyed it)
A Tale of Two Cities (Really good;very, very, very good)
Frankenstein (pretty easy to read, but not great;boring)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (easy to read, much better than Frankenstein;better than Frankenstein)
Pride and Prejudice (what I’ve read of it is really good and fairly easy to read – funny in spots;enjoying it so far)
Jane Eyre(they haven't read this one yet)
A bit of poetry
My 11th grader said his top 3 were ToTC, Pascal, P & P
Don Quixote Children’s version
The Last of the Mohicans by Cooper
Some Donne poetry
Pilgrims Progress (Kind of hard to read, but good; good, pretty easy)
Paradise Lost (really hard to read. I’m sure it was deeply theological, though;really hard, do it first because it makes everything else seem easier, not sure I would recommend it but glad I read it)
Christianity for Modern Pagans (Pascal’s Pensees) (good, pretty easy to read, convicting;really good)
A Modest Proposal (funny) and Book 1 of Gulliver’s Travels(not spectacular, I probably didn’t get the satire)
Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (Somewhat hard to read, but good;this gets quoted a lot in other things I read, liked it) ( my 11 year old read this one and enjoyed it)
A Tale of Two Cities (Really good;very, very, very good)
Frankenstein (pretty easy to read, but not great;boring)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (easy to read, much better than Frankenstein;better than Frankenstein)
Pride and Prejudice (what I’ve read of it is really good and fairly easy to read – funny in spots;enjoying it so far)
Jane Eyre(they haven't read this one yet)
A bit of poetry
My 11th grader said his top 3 were ToTC, Pascal, P & P